Moving over from SplashID using perl

RichardStartz

New user here (I hope.) I'm trying to move over from SplashID. After I installed perl and entered
cpan Text::CSV XML::XPath RTF::Tokenizer Date::Calc

perl said
Can't locate App/Cpan.pm in @INC (you may need to install the App::CPan module)

Uh....help!

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MrC

Hi @RichardStartz ,

Are you running the 64 bit version of Perl by any chance, Windows 10? See this thread and the two follow-up posts:

https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/comment/294747/#Comment_294747

RichardStartz

Thanks for the very quick response. I followed instructions and switched to 32-bit perl. Same error. Here's the complete results

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Dick\Documents>cpan Text::CSV XML::XPath RTF::Tokenizer Date::Calc
Can't locate App/Cpan.pm in @INC (you may need to install the App::Cpan module) (@INC contains: C:/Program Files (x86)/LyX 2.2/Perl/lib .) at C:\myperl\perl\bin/cpan.bat line 22.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\myperl\perl\bin/cpan.bat line 22.

C:\Users\Dick\Documents>

MrC

@RichardStartz,

Try force installing Bit::Vector first:

cpan -f Bit::Vector

and if that works, then:

cpan -fT Date::Calc

RichardStartz

Nope. Still says can't locate App/Cpan.pm

MrC

@RichardStartz ,

I'm really sorry for the trouble. As I mentioned, I haven't been able to reproduce the issue, so am not sure why it fails for some. The last person that encountered this problem, as you read, just bypassed it and used Win7 to convert.

Which exact version of Strawberry Perl did you use? I'll try to reproduce the problem.

RichardStartz

5.24.0.1 32-bit.
I''m wondering about the odd reference in the error message to LyX

RichardStartz

MrC:

Maybe this will help. I went to a different machine (also Windows 10) that was much cleaner. Worked perfectly there. A few things follow from this.

(1) Lot's of programs talk to perl. It's likely there was something on my original machine that was the source of the conflict. Since this might not be so uncommon, it would be good to figure out how to unscramble things.

(2) As for me, I'm up and running. 960 records came in from SplashID. 30 seconds later they had magically appeared on my iPhone too.

(3) I'm looking forward to playing with 1Password and strongly suspect I'll be purchasing shortly.

(4) Youse guys tech support is impressive. Thanks again.

MrC

@RichardStarz,

But was that the installer version, or the Portable version?

Don't worry about that directory name - the trouble is in the compile of Bit::Vector.

MrC

@RichardStartz ,

Looks like we crossed postings. Glad you got it worked out. I too believe the issue has to do with how some users have used/are using Perl, since all clean installs of the Portable version have worked for me.

I'm just a 1Password user like you but I'm sure the AgileBits folks are always happy to hear the kudos!

Enjoy 1Password!

RichardStartz

Well double thank you then!

AlexHoffmann

@RichardStartz MrC is a script-writing angel. His conversion tools have helped so many people already, we're incredibly grateful to him.

Please don't hesitate to tell us if we can help you with anything else.

Cheers,

Alex